Elias stuns Kotov in the 1st round of the the Maia Challenger – MAIA CHALLENGER RESULTS

Gastao Elias upsets Pavel Kotov 6-2 7-5 in the 1^st round in the Maia Challenger on Tuesday. Elias will square off with Pedro Sousa in the 2^nd round.

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Elias took off at the beginning of the set after breaking Kotov in the 1^st game (1-0) before consolidating his break and lead 4-0. Gastao managed to boost his lead after breaking Kotov in the 3^rd (3-0) game before winning the set (6-2).

There was a pivotal moment in this set when Elias won 4 consecutive games in the 1^st set to bring the scoreline from 0-0 to 4-0.

Elias converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had 5 break points opportunities in the 1^st (0-0 0-40, 15-40 and 30-40), the 3^rd (2-0 15-40) and the 5^th game (4-0 40-A). On the other side, Gastao didn’t concede a single break point during this set.

They played 53 points. Gastao was the one to win the set after conquering 11 more points than Kotov (32-21). Gastao conceded 6 points on serve (16-6). on the other side of the net, the Russian conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

The Portuguese won the set after he broke the Russian 3 times in the 5^th (3-2), in the 7^th (4-3) and in the 11^th (6-5) game. Pavel tried to stage a comeback breaking in the 6^th (3-3) and in the 8^th (4-4) game. Anyhow, the Portuguese refused to give way to conquer the set 7-5.

Elias converted 50% of his break points (3/6). He had 6 break points opportunities in the 5^th (2-2 0-40 and 15-40), the 7^th (3-3 0-40 and 15-40), the 9^th (4-4 30-40) and the 11^th game (5-5 0-40). Also, on the other side, Pavel converted 40% of his break points (2/5). He had his opportunities in the 2^nd (1-0 30-40), the 6^th (2-3 30-40) and the 8^th game (3-4 30-40, 40-A and 40-A).

They contested 70 points. Elias was the one to win the set after conquering 8 more points than the Russian (39-31). Gastao lost 16 points on serve (23-16). Regarding the other side of the net, Kotov conceded 16 points on serve (15-16).

Elias will add to his prize money $ 340 after conquering this match. He has won already $ 860 after this win. If he wins the next match, Gastao will add $ 600 to his earnings to get in total $ 1,460 in total.

Stats: aces, double faults, breaks, winners

Elias

Kotov

6-2 7-5
1h:24

72

72

Total points

52

52

29

29

Winners

24

24

40%

40%

Ratio Winners

46%

46%

-- Serve --

1

1

Aces

5

5

0

0

Double Faults

0

0

61%

61%

1st in

65%

65%

78%

78%

1st won

59%

59%

29/37

29/37

1st won

24/41

24/41

42%

42%

2nd won

27%

27%

10/24

10/24

2nd won

6/22

6/22

-- Break Points --

5/11

5/11

Total

2/5

2/5

45%

45%

Won

40%

40%

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At the end of the match, Elias scored 72 points vs. Pavel’s 52.

Elias served very well to win 78% of the points (29/37) behind his first serve. Nevertheless he won only 42% points (10/24) on his second serve. Elias won this match even if he was not so effective in converting his break points as he converted only 45% (5/11) of the procured opportunities. On the other side, Kotov wasn’t that great in converting his break points (only 40% – 2/5). That was one of the key issues for his defeat.

After this match, the head to head between Elias and Kotov is 2-0 for Gastao.

Draw and next match H2H: Gastao Elias vs. Pedro Sousa – stats

Elias will face Sousa in the 2^nd round.

This will be the 5^th time that Gastao Elias and Pedro Sousa square off. The head to head is 2-2 for Elias and Sousa (see full H2H stats), 2-1 on clay.

The last time that they squared off, Sousa won 6-7⁵ 6-1 6-3 in the 1^st round in Lisbon Challenger back in October 2020.

Tennis Scores in Maia Challenger

• Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva – Hugo GrenierGrenier (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Gastao EliasElias – Pavel KotovKotov (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Carlos TabernerTaberner – Joao DominguesDomingues (6-3 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Julian LenzLenz (6-1 4-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Constant LestienneLestienne (6-2 6-0) – Stats and score progression
• Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Pedro Martinez PorteroMartinez Portero (6-1 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek – Goncalo OliveiraOliveira (2-6 7-5 7-6³) – Stats and score progression
• Pedro SousaSousa – Maxime HamouHamou (6-2 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen – Zdenek KolarKolar (6-4 6-3) – Stats and score progression
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Nikola MilojevicMilojevic (6-3 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Arthur RinderknechRinderknech – Tristan LamasineLamasine (6-3 3-6 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Paolo LorenziLorenzi – Michael VrbenskyVrbensky (5-7 7-6⁷ 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Nuno BorgesBorges (7-5 6-1) – Stats and score progression
• Quentin HalysHalys – Geoffrey BlancaneauxBlancaneaux (7-5 3-6 7-5) – Stats and score progression
• Duje AjdukovicAjdukovic – Lorenzo GiustinoGiustino (7-5 6-2) – Stats and score progression
• Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans – Daniel MasurMasur (6-2 7-5) – Stats and score progression

Upcoming matches

• Andrea ArnaboldiArnaboldi – Frederico Ferreira SilvaFerreira Silva (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Gastao EliasElias – Pedro SousaSousa (1-0) – H2H details and stats
• Marco TrungellitiTrungelliti – Kimmer CoppejansCoppejans (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Jozef KovalikKovalik – Altug CelikbilekCelikbilek (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Alexey VatutinVatutin – Carlos TabernerTaberner (0-0) – H2H details and stats
• Bernabe Zapata MirallesZapata Miralles – Henri LaaksonenLaaksonen (0-0) – H2H details and stats